The Blessed Buddha once said:How,
Cunda,
is purity of bodily behaviour 3-fold?1: Harmlessness!Herein, someone avoids the destruction of all life,
he does never kill any living being. Without stick or weapon, careful, kind,
gentle, and full of sympathy, he protects the welfare of all living,
sentient, and breathing beings!2: Honesty!One avoids
all stealing, abstains from taking what is not freely given,
what another possesses of goods and property in the village, or in the
forest, one does not take any of that away with thievish intent!3: Decency!
One avoids any illicit, and abusive sexual contact, and abstains
from all adultery:One has no intercourse with children, who are under the protection of
their father, mother, brother, relatives, nor with any married persons, nor with
any convicts, nor with betrothed persons, nor with those engaged to another partner!This 3-fold purity of bodily action is obviously
advantageous for all beings!